bankruptcy court
71bankruptcy — Legal status of a company unable to pay creditors. Bankruptcy usually involves a formal court ruling. Securities issued by this company risk losing all of their value …
72bankruptcy trustee — A court appointed individual who oversees the case of a person or business that has filed for bankruptcy. In a consumer Chapter 7 case, the trustee gathers the debtor s nonexempt property, liquidates it, and distributes it proportionally to… …
73Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors — In English law, a local court which had its sittings in London only, which received the petitions of insolvent debtors, and decided upon the question of granting a discharge. Abolished by the Bankruptcy Act of 1861 …
74Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors — In English law, a local court which had its sittings in London only, which received the petitions of insolvent debtors, and decided upon the question of granting a discharge. Abolished by the Bankruptcy Act of 1861 …
75bankruptcy — A system of jurisprudence, which, while statutory, is comparable to equity or admiralty. The law whereunder an insolvent debtor may bring all his assets not exempt from execution into court and have them administered and sold for the benefit of… …
76court of greatest convenience — A term involved in the transfer of cases in bankruptcy, meaning of greatest convenience from the standpoint of proximity to the bankrupt, creditors, and witnesses, the location of assets, and the economic and efficient administration of the… …
77Uniformity and jurisdiction in U.S. federal court tax decisions — refers to an ongoing debate spanning many decades about achievement of uniformity and high quality decisions by federal courts when addressing tax controversies against the backdrop of multiple, regionally diverse courts with federal tax… …
78Moral Aspect of Bankruptcy — Moral Aspect of Bankruptcy † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Moral Aspect of Bankruptcy (See also CIVIL ASPECT OF BANKRUPTCY.) Bankruptcy must be considered not only from the legal but also from the moral point of view; for sound morality …
79United States Tax Court — The United States Tax Court is a federal trial court of record established by Congress under Article I of the U.S. Constitution, section 8 of which provides (in part) that the Congress has the power to constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme …
80Parmalat bankruptcy timeline — 2003 December 2003 December 19 Bank of America states Parmalat does not hold nearly $5B in liquid assets for the company as Parmalat reported in September 2003. Bank of America disavows the document released by Parmalat’s Bonlat Financing Corp… …
